The heat season makes itself felt. After the first peaks of temperatures and the collapse with summer thunderstorms, now the thermometer begins to venture into degrees that go beyond what we are used to tolerating. The solutions are many. There are air conditioners, even if they consume. There are portable fans, even if they can become a problem for the environment. And there are also fans to keep at home.
The fans do not cool the air. They move it, they circulate it but that fresh effect is linked more to our body than to the mechanics of a fan. Moves the hot air that is closest to our body, helps to evaporate sweat and this allows you to dissipate heat. Or at least, it is so until the temperature rises too much and the fans there They only pour on hot air.
In any case, keeping an air conditioner on all night can have consequences also on the bill. The fans are electrical appliances that consume, especially when they are left on for whole nights. To understand how much the fans consume there are several parameters to compare, from the power to the hours of use by passing, of course, for the cost of energy.
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The first factor to calculate to understand how much a fan consumes is power. We have analyzed the data of some of the most popular models on the market. According to specialized sites, fans can consume between 20 and 100 watts per hour. Before buying the model you can check the watts. We also suggest to verify the decibelthe less they produce the better.
It is a lower average than air conditioners precisely because The air is only movednot cooled. Consumption obviously depend on the power to which we make it work. The more we raise the speed of the blades, the more they increase i Watt used.
How to calculate the consumption in euros of the fan lit all night
Calculate the consumption of a fan is simple. It is a type of calculation that applies to any appliance. A KW is equivalent to 1000 watts. The Watt indicates precisely energy consumption for an hour of use. Let’s move on to the fans. If a device with the consumption indicated in 100 Watt remains on for a whole hour can therefore consume 0.1 kWh.
After this calculation it is enough to see how much a kwh on the energy market. According to Luce-gas.it to date a Kwh Costa 0.12 euro cents. This means that a fan with the power of 100 watts if it remains on an hour will cost 1 cent. The calculation is soon done. We multiply by eight hours. If a fan is all on all night, it can consume 8 euro cents: 0.08 euros.
Is holding the fan lit all night dangerous?
Keep access to a fan all night it is not necessarily dangerous. Certain. If you use a poor quality device you can risk overheating it but theoretically the fans who are on the market on regular channels should have passed quality tests and on the sealing of the components.
There may be some problem related to health. Keeping the fan focused on our body, perhaps sweaty, at maximum power can have different consequences especially on the most fragile subjects. One night with the aimed air conditioner can cause dehydrationdry mouth and muscle pain. On this we leave you an in -depth analysis of the health risks related to the air conditioner.
The Ministry of Health writes in its advice: “When the internal temperature exceeds 32 ° C, the use of the fan is not recommended because it is not effective to combat the effects of the heat. They should never be directly directed to the body, particularly in the case of attached elderly people or with limited autonomy”.
